Ducks and Geese
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor
- White-faced Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna viduata
- Egyptian Goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus
- Spur-winged Goose, Plectropterus gambensis
- Comb Duck, Sarkidiornis melanotos
- African Pygmy Goose, Nettapus auritus
- Common Teal, Anas crecca
- Northern Pintail, Anas acuta
- Garganey, Anas querquedula
- Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata
- Common Pochard, Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Duck, Aythya nyroca (A) Near-threatened
- Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula (A)
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“As it grew darker, I was startled by the honking of geese flying low over the woods, like weary travellers getting in late from Southern lakes, and indulging at last in unrestrained complaint and mutual consolation. Standing at my door, I could hear the rush of their wings; when, driving toward my house, they suddenly spied my light, and with hushed clamor wheeled and settled in the pond. So I came in, and shut the door, and passed my first spring night in the woods.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)